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United States Patent | 5,175,782 |
Bowen ,   et al. | December 29, 1992 |
A coupler (2,3) comprises, a central single mode optical fiber (5) and N number of glass fibers (4), having radii of equal dimensions, fused together along biconic tapered sections (13, 13) to couple optical power from the central fiber (5) completely and uniformly to only the fibers (4) that have optical cores (6).
Inventors: | Bowen; Terry P. (Etters, PA); Murray; Dale D. (Mount Joy, PA); Reitz; Paul R. (Palmyra, PA) |
Assignee: | AMP Incorporated (Harrisburg, PA) |
Appl. No.: | 614539 |
Filed: | November 16, 1990 |
Current U.S. Class: | 385/51; 385/43; 385/46 |
Intern'l Class: | G02B 006/26 |
Field of Search: | 350/96.15,96.16,96.14,96.21,96.22 385/39,43,46,51,54,56,59,42 |
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